Vehicle crashed into the Looney Bin Sunday

[ITD]

After seeing the video, I don't think the car that went into the building was speeding. The guy pulling out of Funspot on the other hand, too fast for what he was doing.

The airbags went off on in the car that went into the building (building car). It takes quite a bit of force for that to happen.

I had a front airbag go off after I hit a deer. It was like getting punched in the face. My nose hurt for a few days, my forehead had a road rash type burn from the bag. But it saved my face hitting the wheel. Yes I had my shoulder belt properly on.

When it went off, I saw the impact, then nothing along with a big bang. I was awake the whole time, but the bag blocking my view was instant. The bag gave off a cloud of smoke and talc powder that made me start choking. I had to physically move the bag out of my way to see. Fortunately, I had seen the deer jumping in front of me and knew the impact was coming.

For the people in these cars they had no idea what happened. The building car through no fault of his own, the other guy, well he seriously messed up.

I suspect the both drivers were stunned from the impact. You can see in the video the side bags on the building car went off, and I think the front bag went off too. That's a lot, but probably saved the building car driver from serious injury. Unfortunately I think the building car guy was processing what happened, probably unable to see due to the bags and smoke or fumes and didn't realize he needed to brake.

I think this is 100 percent the guy pulling out fault. If you can't see, don't go. It's pretty simple.

The only other thing is if you get hit blindly, get on your brakes as fast as possible, and get those bags out of your way asap. They are useless after that initial inflation.

[DickR]

Originally Posted by ITD

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I think this is 100 percent the guy pulling out fault. If you can't see, don't go....

Fault is shared by both drivers. The driver coming across from Funspot ought not to have pulled out abruptly without a clear line of sight to potentially oncoming traffic. The driver coming uphill (southbound) should have known better than to move at that speed adjacent to a line of stopped vehicles, even if not over the posted limit. There is just too great a chance that someone will pull out of line abruptly, leaving no chance to avoid collision. That's the sort of "red flag" thing driving experience teaches one over time.